Nabbed for robbing an elderly man
KUCHING: Police have arrested a suspect for allegedly robbing an elderly man at Jalan Nanas Barat here on Thursday (Sept 9). Kuching district police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the 31-year-old suspect and an accomplice who is still at large, reportedly robbed the 70-year-old man at about 5.30am when the victim was walking alone to […]
Reports on paedophile’s arrest not correct
KUCHING: Media reports saying that one of the world’s most wanted paedophiles, Alladin Lanim, was arrested at a quarantine centre here after returning from Peninsular Malaysia is inaccurate, said Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail. Aidi clarified that Alladin had never left the state since his return to Sarawak in 2016 and that his whereabouts […]
Online gambling agents nabbed
KUCHING: Police arrested two men and a woman at separate locations for operating as online gambling top-up agents last Friday (Sept 3). The first arrest involving a 19-year-old woman, took place around 5.50pm in a coffee shop at Jalan Matang-Batu Kawa. “During questioning, the suspect from Kampung Bobak, Bau, had admitted to engaging in online […]
Police nab five men for theft
MIRI: Police arrested five local men aged 21 to 33 years, for stealing an aluminium ladder and water pump from a house in Senadin, here on Friday (Sept 3). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari said the house owner had lodged a report on the theft which occurred last Monday morning. Police also seized a […]
Online gambling top up agent nabbed
KUCHING: Police arrested a woman for operating as an online gambling top up agent, in a coffee shop at Jalan Batu Kawa last Thursday (Sept 2). Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who confirmed the case, said the 29-year-old woman was detained by the district police’s task force around 5.45pm. “The team raided the premises […]
Ops Pusher nets RM1.07 worth of drugs
KUCHING: An operation dubbed Ops Pusher carried out by the police here from Aug 1 to 31 has yielded a seizure of RM1.07 million worth of dangerous drugs. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the operation has landed 39 arrests for various drug-related offences. “The estimated weight of the seized drugs was 7.1kg, as […]
Cobbler and GOF member probed for killing bipolar man
PADAWAN: A cobbler and a General Operations Force (GOF) personnel have been arrested for allegedly killing a man with bipolar disorder. The alleged murder happened in the backyard of the victim’s neighbour’s house at Kampung Jawa Semenggok, Mile 12, Jalan Kuching-Serian here around 4.30pm on Thursday (Aug 26). District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan, who […]
Two online gambling top-up agents arrested
PADAWAN: Police arrested two online gambling top-up agents at two separate premises in Matang Jaya on Wednesday. The two suspects, both males, aged 22 and 42, admitted to working as online gambling top-up agents for customers around the area. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the arrest was made as part of Ops […]
Teenage couple held for dumping baby
KUCHING: Police have arrested a 16-year-old couple to assist in a probe into a baby-dumping case at Kampung Siol Kandis here early this morning. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the couple, believed to be lovers, was arrested less than four hours after the incident. “Both individuals involved admitted to having left the baby […]
CCTV footage leads to arrest of handbag thief
SIBU: Police successfully tracked down a thief who ran away with a handbag belonging to a woman on Wednesday (Aug 18). Sibu OCPD ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit on Friday (Aug 20) said the incident happened in Jalan Salim around 10.15am. The 66-year-old victim parked her vehicle to have breakfast at a nearby coffee shop. “The […]